Full Description
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429467608, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
While the Nordic countries are listed at the top in most international rankings of gender equality and citizens' feelings of security, studies on the prevalence of sexual victimisation present a different picture, suggesting that the very countries that have invested much in establishing gender equality actually see a high prevalence of sexual violence. This book sheds light on the phenomenon and construction of rape and other forms of sexual violence within the Nordic region, exploring the ways in which rape and sexual violence are dealt with through criminal law and considering governmental policies aimed at combatting it, with a special focus on legal regulations and developments. Thematically organised, it offers new research on perpetrators, victimhood, criminal justice and prevention. Multi-disciplinary in approach, it brings together the latest work from a range of scholars to offer insights into the situation in the five Nordic countries, asking how and why rape and other forms of sexual violence occur, whilst also addressing the timely issues of online sexual cultures, BDSM and the grey areas of sexual offences. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, criminology and law with interests in gender and sexual violence.
Contents
1. A Nordic Research Agenda on Rape and Sexual Violence 2. Theorising Sexual Violence in Intimate Relations in Scandinavia: A Literature Review 3. Cultivating Ethical Negotiations or Fetishizing Consent in BDSM? 4. Understanding Unwanted Sexual Touching: A Situational Approach 5. Making the Case for 'Good Enough' Rape-Prevalence Estimates: Insights from a School-Based Survey Experiment Among Norwegian Youths 6. From the Protection of Marriage to the Defence of Equality - The Finnish Debate Over the Sexual Autonomy of Wives 7. Towards Voluntariness in Swedish Rape Law: Hyper-Medialised Group Rape Cases and the Shift in the Legal Discourse 8. Rape Law and Coercive Circumstances 9. Empowered or Protected? The 'Problem' of Complainants' Rights in Danish and Norwegian Preparatory Works on Criminal Procedure 10. Othering the Rapist: Rurality, Sexual Violence, and the Bjästa Case 11. Sexual Transgressing: Situational and Narrative Perspectives 12. Rape in the Age of Internet 13. Digital Sexual Violence: Image-Based Sexual Abuse Among Danish Youth 14. Breaking the Silence: Social Media Disclosures of Sexual Violence in Iceland
